The Cancer Centre of the Turku University Hospital

Welcome to the Western Cancer Centre (FICAN West)!

The Western Cancer Centre guarantees high-quality cancer treatment and research in the hospital districts of Southwest Finland, Satakunta and Vaasa.

The Western Cancer Centre works to unify treatment practices and treatment quality, and to see to it that patients get access to treatment according to unified criteria in a timely manner in the western coastal area of Finland. This puts the patients with cancer at the right place at the right time, regardless of where they live.

The Western Cancer Centre is a part of the Cancer Center Finland (FICAN) – a national enterprise under construction to coordinate cancer treatment, research and education in the whole of Finland.

Tyks Cancer Centre (cancer care is Tyks hospital) is a member of OECI (Organization of European Cancer Institutes) and ERN EURACAN (European reference network on Rare Adult Cancers).